LIVE post-match reaction to the USA's 2-1 loss vs Germany

Alexi Lalas’ State of the Union Podcast

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🗓️ 7 June 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Alexi Lalas and David Mosse are back with a LIVE episode of State of the Union! We react to the USA’s hard fought 2-1 loss to Germany which was the States’ last warm up match before the World Cup kicks off. Alexi and Mosse discuss the USA’s strong performance despite the loss, break down the starting XI and whether or not it was the same starters we will see in the opening match vs Paraguay, react to news regarding Chris Richards’ availability for the USA’s opener, and debate if we saw one of the great USA goals of all-time from Jedi Robinson. After breaking down the USA-Germany match, Alexi and Mosse provide updates on friendlies from the other countries in Group D, Paraguay, Australia, and Türkiye. To end the show, Alexi gives some words of encouragement for the USA players as we get closer and closer to the start of the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup™. Presented by Zillow #Zillow USA-Germany match recap: 3:36Was this the USA's starting XI for the World Cup opener?: 6:53Jedi Robinson's GOLAZO: 12:33Final thoughts on loss to Germany: 19:11Paraguay, Australia, and Türkiye friendly recap: 24:00Alexi's words of encouragement for the USA players: 31:16 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:59.6	This is a German team that at times the US was better then,
1:03.3	at times the US played through throughout at all.
1:06.1	I don't think that there was a point in this game
1:08.1	where anybody said this is boys versus men.
1:11.2	And just to be very, very clear, this level of opponent is not in our Group D coming up here.
1:24.6	Hello, Sunshine. I'm Alexei Lalas and welcome.
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